Match Centre: Watford vs Coventry City
Player of the match Ellis Simms 9.2
GolVolt rating 3.1GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Hat-trick for Simms, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 43′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 0.9 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Hat-trick for Simms, Simms scored the winner, Simms: rated 9.2.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.3 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 0.3 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 8.3 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.1more watchable than 31% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
4 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 19' Goal: Ellis Simmsassist: Bidwell0:1
- 25' Joel Latibeaudiereyellow card
- 25' Imrân Louzayellow card
- 43' Goal: Ellis Simmsassist: Eccles0:2
- Half-time · 0:2
- 58' Goal: Ellis Simmsassist: Torp0:3
- 62' 3 substitutionsBola for GoglichidzeBove for ChakvetadzeGrieves for Mendy
- 70' 3 substitutionsAllen for EcclesMason-Clark for Essevan Ewijk for Kesler-Hayden
- 78' Nestory Irankundayellow card
- 79' SubstitutionWright for Simms
- 82' 2 substitutionsDoumbia for LouzaInce for Maamma
- 85' Goal: Victor Torpassist: Allen0:4
- 87' SubstitutionBrau for Thomas-Asante
- Full-time · 0:4
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Watford
Coventry City
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Watford
- 12 Nathan Baxter GK —
- 4 Kévin Keben DEF —
- 16 Marc Bola DEF on
- 7 Tom Ince MID on
- 15 Edoardo Bove MID on
- 17 Pierre Ekwah MID —
- 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard ATT —
- 20 Mamadou Doumbia ATT on
- 43 J. Grieves ATT on
Coventry City
- 13 Ben Wilson GK —
- 4 Bobby Thomas DEF —
- 15 Liam Kitching DEF —
- 27 Milan van Ewijk DEF on
- 33 Miguel Ángel Brau DEF on
- 8 Jamie Allen MID on
- 16 Frank Onyeka MID —
- 10 Ephron Mason-Clark ATT on
- 11 Haji Wright ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Vicarage Road, Watford
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Coventry City Ellis Simms
- 2. place · Coventry City Victor Torp
- 3. place · Coventry City Matt Grimes
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